Image editing via grid elements

Abstract

An image editing program includes a user interface for displaying a work area and receiving image edit inputs; and an engine for overlaying a grid on the work area, and using grid elements to generate commands in response to the image edit inputs.

1. Means for generating a user interface for displaying a work area, and receiving image edit inputs; and
 an engine wherein the engine uses the grid elements to compute distances as percentages; and wherein the commands specify distances as percentages.  
 
     
     
       2. The program of  claim 1 , further comprising a cropping tool. 
     
     
       3. The program of  claim 2 , wherein specified grid elements are turned off in response to cropping of the image. 
     
     
       4. The program of  claim 1 , wherein precision of image editing is determined by granularity of the grid elements. 
     
     
       5. An image editing program comprising:
 a user interface for displaying a work area, and receiving image edit inputs; and  
 an engine for overlaying a grid on the work area, and using grid elements to compute distances as percentages and generate commands in response to the image edit inputs, the commands also specifying distances as percentages;  
 precision of image editing determined by granularity of the grid elements.  
 
     
     
       6. An article for a computing apparatus, the article comprising:
 computer memory; and  
 a program stored in the computer memory, the program, when executed, instructing the computing apparatus to display a digital image; overlay a grid on the image; receive image edit inputs; and use elements of the grid to compute commands in response to the image edit inputs, wherein the grid elements are used to compute distances as percentages; and wherein the commands specify distances as percentages.  
 
     
     
       7. The article of  claim 6 , the program providing a cropping tool. 
     
     
       8. The article of  claim 7 , wherein specified grid elements are turned off in response to cropping of the image. 
     
     
       9. The article of  claim 6 , wherein precision of image editing is determined by granularity of the grid elements. 
     
     
       10. A computing apparatus programmed to display a digital image; overlay a grid on the image; receive image edit inputs; and use elements of the grid to compute commands in response to the image edit inputs, wherein the grid elements are used to compute distances as percentages; and wherein the commands specify distances as percentages. 
     
     
       11. The computing apparatus of  claim 10 , programmed with a cropping tool for using the grid elements to compute commands in response to the image edit inputs. 
     
     
       12. The computing apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein grid elements are turned off in response to cropping of the image. 
     
     
       13. The computing apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein precision of image editing is determined by granularity of the grid elements. 
     
     
       14. Computing apparatus comprising:
 means for displaying a digital image and receiving image edit inputs; and  
 means for overlaying a grid on the digital image, and using elements of the grid to compute image edit commands in response to the image edit inputs, wherein the grid elements are used to compute distances as percentages; and wherein the commands specify distances as percentages.  
 
     
     
       15. A method of editing a digital image, the method comprising:
 displaying the image;  
 overlaying grid elements on the displayed image;  
 receiving inputs representing edits on the image; and  
 using the grid elements to compute image edit commands in response to the image edit inputs; and  
 using the grid elements to compute distances as percentages; the commands specifying distances as percentages.  
 
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 15 , further comprising performing image cropping by turning off grid elements to at least partially obscure portions of the image that have been cropped. 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 15 , wherein precision of image editing is determined by granularity of the grid elements.